Judas Hangs Himself
1Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people made their plans how to have Jesus executed. 2So they bound him, led him away and handed him over to Pilate the governor.
3When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders. 4“I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.”
“What is that to us?” they replied. “That’s your responsibility.”
5So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
6The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.” 7So they decided to use the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners. 8That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day. 9Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on him by the people of Israel, 10and they used them to buy the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me.”27:10 See Zech. 11:12,13; Jer. 19:1-13; 32:6-9.
Jesus Before Pilate
11Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”
“You have said so,” Jesus replied.
12When he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he gave no answer. 13Then Pilate asked him, “Don’t you hear the testimony they are bringing against you?” 14But Jesus made no reply, not even to a single charge—to the great amazement of the governor.
15Now it was the governor’s custom at the festival to release a prisoner chosen by the crowd. 16At that time they had a well-known prisoner whose name was Jesus27:16 Many manuscripts do not have Jesus; also in verse 17. Barabbas. 17So when the crowd had gathered, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you: Jesus Barabbas, or Jesus who is called the Messiah?” 18For he knew it was out of self-interest that they had handed Jesus over to him.
19While Pilate was sitting on the judge’s seat, his wife sent him this message: “Don’t have anything to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him.”
20But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed.
21“Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” asked the governor.
“Barabbas,” they answered.
22“What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called the Messiah?” Pilate asked.
They all answered, “Crucify him!”
23“Why? What crime has he committed?” asked Pilate.
But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!”
24When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “It is your responsibility!”
25All the people answered, “His blood is on us and on our children!”
26Then he released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.
The Soldiers Mock Jesus
27Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. 28They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, 29and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. “Hail, king of the Jews!” they said. 30They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again. 31After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.
The Crucifixion of Jesus
32As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross. 33They came to a place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”). 34There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it. 35When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots. 36And sitting down, they kept watch over him there. 37Above his head they placed the written charge against him: this is jesus, the king of the jews.
38Two rebels were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left. 39Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads 40and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!” 41In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him. 42“He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! He’s the king of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. 43He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ” 44In the same way the rebels who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him.
The Death of Jesus
45From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land. 46About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli,27:46 Some manuscripts Eloi, Eloi lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).27:46 Psalm 22:1
47When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He’s calling Elijah.”
48Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. 49The rest said, “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to save him.”
50And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit.
51At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split 52and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. 53They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and27:53 Or tombs, and after Jesus’ resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many people.
54When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, “Surely he was the Son of God!”
55Many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to care for his needs. 56Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph,27:56 Greek Joses, a variant of Joseph and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.
The Burial of Jesus
57As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus. 58Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. 59Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and went away. 61Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.
The Guard at the Tomb
62The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate. 63“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’ 64So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead. This last deception will be worse than the first.”
65“Take a guard,” Pilate answered. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.” 66So they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and posting the guard.
Yahuda ya rataye kansa
(Markus 15.1; Luka 23.1,2; Yohanna 18.28-32)
1Da wayewar gari, sai dukan manyan firistoci da dattawan mutane suka yanke shawara su kashe Yesu. 2Suka daure shi, suka tafi da shi, suka ba da shi ga gwamna Bilatus.
(Ayyukan Manzanni 1.18,19)
3Sa’ad da Yahuda, wanda ya bashe Yesu, ya ga an yanke wa Yesu hukuncin kisa, sai ya yi “da na sani.” Ya je mayar wa manyan firistoci da dattawan kuɗin azurfa talatin ɗin. 4Ya ce, “Na yi zunubi da na ci amanar marar laifi.”
Suka ce masa, “Ina ruwanmu da wannan? Wannan dai ruwanka ne.”
5Sai Yahuda ya zubar da kuɗin a cikin haikalin ya tafi. Sa’an nan ya je ya rataye kansa.
6Manyan firistoci suka ɗauki kuɗin, suka ce, “Doka ta hana a sa kuɗin a cikin ma’aji, da yake kuɗin jini ne.” 7Saboda haka, sai suka yanke shawara su yi amfani da kuɗin suka sayi filin mai yin tukwane, saboda binne baƙi. 8Shi ya sa ake kiran filin, Filin Jini har yă zuwa yau. 9Sai abin da aka faɗa ta bakin annabi Irmiya ya cika cewa, “Suka ɗauki azurfa talatin, kuɗin da mutanen Isra’ila suka sa a kansa, 10suka kuma yi amfani da su, suka sayi filin mai yin tukwane, kamar yadda Ubangiji ya umarce ni.”27.10 Dubi Zak 11.12,13; Irm 19.1-13; Irm 32.6-9.
Yesu a gaban Bilatus
(Markus 15.2-5; Luka 23.3-5; Yohanna 18.33-38)
11Ana cikin haka, Yesu kuwa yana tsaye a gaban gwamna, sai gwamnan ya tambaye shi, “Kai ne Sarkin Yahudawa?”
Yesu ya ce, “I, haka ne, kamar yadda ka faɗa.”
12Da manyan firistoci da dattawa suka zarge shi, bai ba da amsa ba. 13Sai Bilatus ya tambaye shi ya ce, “Ba ka jin shaidar da suke kawowa a kanka?” 14Amma Yesu bai ce uffam game da ko ɗaya daga cikin zargin da suka yi masa ba. Har gwamna ya yi mamaki ƙwarai.
(Markus 15.6-15; Luka 23.13-26; Yohanna 18.39–19.16)
15A wannan irin Biki, gwamna yana da wata al’ada, ta sakin ɗan kurkuku guda wanda taron suka zaɓa. 16To, a wannan lokaci kuwa suna da wani shahararren ɗan kurkuku da ake kira Barabbas. 17Saboda haka da taron suka taru, sai Bilatus ya tambaye su ya ce, “Wane ne a cikinsu kuke so in sakar muku. Barabbas ko Yesu wanda ake kira Kiristi?” 18Don ya san saboda sonkai ne suka ba da Yesu a gare shi.
19Yayinda Bilatus yake zaune a kan kujerar shari’a, sai matarsa ta aika masa da wannan saƙo cewa, “Kada ka sa hannunka a kan marar laifin nan, domin na sha wahala ƙwarai, a cikin mafarki yau game da shi.”
20Amma manyan firistoci da dattawa suka shawo kan taron, su ce, a ba su Barabbas, amma a kashe Yesu.
21Gwamna ya yi tambaya ya ce, “Wane ne cikin biyun nan, kuke so in sakar muku?”
Suka ce, “Barabbas.”
22Bilatus ya yi tambaya, “To, me zan yi da Yesu wanda ake kira Kiristi?”
Duka suka ce, “A gicciye shi!”
23Bilatus ya ce, “Don me? Wane laifi ya yi?”
Amma suka ƙara tā da ihu, suna cewa, “A gicciye shi!”
24Da Bilatus ya ga cewa ba ya kaiwa ko’ina, sai ma hargitsi ne yake so yă tashi, sai ya ɗibi ruwa, ya wanke hannuwansa a gaban taron ya ce, “Ni kam, ba ruwana da alhakin jinin mutumin nan. Wannan ruwanku ne!”
25Sai dukan mutane suka amsa, suka ce, “Bari alhakin jininsa yă zauna a kanmu da ’ya’yanmu!”
26Sai ya sakar musu Barabbas. Amma ya sa aka yi wa Yesu bulala, sa’an nan ya ba da shi a gicciye.
Sojoji sun yi wa Yesu ba’a
(Markus 15.16-21; Yohanna 19.2,3)
27Sai sojojin gwamna suka ɗauki Yesu suka kai shi Fadar mai mulki, sa’an nan suka tara dukan kamfanin sojoji kewaye da shi. 28Suka tuɓe shi, suka yafa masa wata jar riga. 29Suka kuma tuƙa wani rawanin ƙaya, suka sa masa a kā. Suka sa sanda a hannun damansa. Suka durƙusa a gabansa, suka yi masa ba’a, suna cewa, “Ranka yă daɗe sarkin Yahudawa!” 30Suka tattofa masa miyau, suka karɓe sandan, suka yi ta ƙwala masa shi a kai. 31Bayan sun yi masa ba’a, sai suka tuɓe masa rigar, suka sa masa nasa tufafin. Sai suka tafi da shi, domin su gicciye shi.
Gicciyewa
(Markus 15.16-21; Yohanna 19.2,3)
32Suna fitowa ke nan, sai suka sadu da wani mutumin Sairin, mai suna Siman. Sai suka tilasta shi ya ɗauki gicciyen. 33Sai suka iso wani wurin da ake kira Golgota (wanda yake nufin Wurin Ƙoƙon Kai). 34A can, suka ba shi ruwan inabi gauraye da wani abu mai ɗaci yă sha. Amma da ya ɗanɗana, sai ya ƙi sha. 35Bayan da suka gicciye shi, sai suka raba tufafinsa a tsakaninsu ta wurin jefa ƙuri’a. 36Sa’an nan suka zauna suna tsaronsa. 37Bisa da kansa kuwa, an kafa rubutun zargin da aka yi masa, da ya ce,
Wannan shi ne Yesu Sarkin Yahudawa.
38An gicciye ’yan fashi biyu tare da shi, ɗaya a damansa, ɗaya kuma a hagunsa. 39Masu wucewa, suka zazzage shi, suna kaɗa kai, 40suna cewa, “Kai da za ka rushe haikali, ka kuma gina shi cikin kwana uku, ceci kanka mana! In kai Ɗan Allah ne, ka sauka daga gicciyen!”
41Haka ma, manyan firistoci da malaman dokoki da kuma dattawa, suka yi ta yin masa ba’a, suna cewa, 42“Ya ceci waɗansu, amma ya kāsa ceton kansa! In shi ne Sarkin Isra’ila! To, yă sauko daga kan gicciyen nan, mu kuwa mu gaskata shi. 43Ya dogara ga Allah. Bari Allah yă cece shi yanzu, in yana sonsa, domin ya ce, ‘Ni Ɗan Allah ne.’ ” 44Haka ma, ’yan fashin da aka gicciye tare da shi, suka zazzage shi.
Mutuwar Yesu
(Markus 15.33-41; Luka 23.44-49; Yohanna 19.28-30)
45Daga sa’a ta shida, har zuwa sa’a ta tara, duhu ya rufe ƙasa duka. 46Wajen sa’a ta tara, Yesu ya ɗaga murya da ƙarfi ya ce, “Eloi, Eloi,27.46 Waɗansu rubuce-rubucen hannu na dā suna da Eloi, Eloi lama sabaktani?” (Wato, “Ya Allahna, ya Allahna, don me ka yashe ni?”).27.46 Zab 22.1
47Sa’ad da waɗanda suke tsattsaye a wurin suka ji haka, sai suka ce, “Yana kiran Iliya.”
48Nan da nan, ɗaya daga cikinsu ya ruga, ya sami soso, ya jiƙa shi da ruwan tsami, ya sa a sanda, ya miƙa wa Yesu, yă sha. 49Sauran kuwa suka ce, “Ƙyale shi mu ga, ko Iliya zai zo yă cece shi.”
50Da Yesu ya sāke ɗaga murya da ƙarfi, sai ya saki ruhunsa.
51A daidai wannan lokaci, sai labulen haikali ya tsage gida biyu, daga sama har ƙasa. Ƙasa ta jijjiga, duwatsu kuma suka farfashe. 52Kaburbura suka bubbuɗe, jikunan tsarkaka da yawa kuwa cikin waɗanda da suka mutu, suka tashi. 53Suka firfito daga kaburbura, sa’an nan bayan tashin Yesu daga matattu, suka shiga birni mai tsarki, suka bayyana ga mutane da yawa.
54Da jarumin nan tare da waɗanda suke tsaron Yesu, suka ga girgizar ƙasa, da kuma abin da ya faru, sai tsoro ya kama su, suka kuma ce, “Gaskiya, wannan Ɗan Allah ne!”
55Akwai mata da yawa a can, suna kallo daga nesa. Sun bi Yesu tun daga Galili, suna masa hidima. 56A cikinsu, akwai Maryamu Magdalin, da Maryamu uwar Yaƙub da Yoses, da kuma uwar ’ya’yan Zebedi.
Bizinar Yesu
(Markus 15.42-47; Luka 23.50-56; Yohanna 19.38-42)
57Da yamma ta yi, sai ga wani mutum mai arziki daga Arimateya, sunansa Yusuf, wanda shi da kansa almajirin Yesu ne. 58Ya je wurin Bilatus, ya roƙe shi yă ba shi jikin Yesu. Sai Bilatus ya umarta a ba shi. 59Yusuf ya ɗauki jikin ya nannaɗe shi da zanen lilin mai tsabta. 60Sa’an nan ya sa shi a sabon kabarinsa, wanda ya haƙa a dutse. Bayan ya gungura wani babban dutse ya rufe bakin kabarin, sai ya tafi abinsa. 61Maryamu Magdalin da ɗayan Maryamun, suna zaune a wurin, ɗaura da kabarin.
Masu gadi a kabari
62Kashegari, wato, bayan Ranar Shirye-shirye, sai manyan firistoci da Farisiyawa, suka je wurin Bilatus. 63Suka ce, “Ranka yă daɗe, mun tuna, mai ruɗin nan tun yana da rai ya ce, ‘Bayan kwana uku, zan tashi daga matattu.’ 64Saboda haka, ka ba da umarni, a tsare kabarin sai rana ta uku ɗin. In ba haka ba, almajiransa za su iya zuwa su sace jikin, sa’an nan su faɗa wa mutane cewa, an tashe shi daga matattu. Ruɗin ƙarshen nan fa, sai yă fi na farkon muni.”
65Sai Bilatus ya ce, “Shi ke nan, ku ɗebi soja, ku je ku tsare kabarin iya ƙoƙarinku.” 66Sai suka je suka tsare kabarin ta wurin buga masa hatimi, suka kuma sa masu gadi.
